Brexit Takeaways

Over eight months after the referendum in the UK on 23 June, it is still unclear what will happen to the rights of the estimated 3.3 million Europeans living in the UK and to the 1.2 Britons living elsewhere in the EU. ECAS believes that, in order to make rational choices and exercise their rights, citizens need to be provided with evidence-based information on which they can rely. Only by knowing in depth the different options available will they be able to back the best possible deal when negotiations start and assert their rights once an agreement has been reached.

ECAS has joined efforts with three other partners – New Europeans (UK), the European Disability Forum (BE) and the EU Rights Clinic– to produce a thorough and objective analysis which considers how citizens’ rights will be impacted under different Brexit scenarios. Using the study as its starting point, the project will pursue a three-fold objective:

General awareness-raising: To raise awareness about the different Brexit options and their implications for the nearly 4.5 million citizens who will be most affected by the outcome of the negotiations

Information to professionals: To inform associations working directly with citizens about the likely impact of Brexit under the different scenarios to enable them to help citizens to better assert their rights

Campaigning and advocacy: To advocate for the best possible outcome for citizens